Dealing with learner reticence in the speaking class  

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Xiuqin, Zhang ; Head, Katie

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 64 no. 1 (Jan. 2010), page 1-9 .
Topik: learner reticence; speaking class; speaking; oral English course
Fulltext: 2010.1.1.full.pdf (99.13KB)

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This paper describes an oral English course for non-English majors at a university in the People’s Republic of China. In the ?rst year of the course, the students were very resistant to participating in group-based speaking activities, and their end of-year results were disappointing. In the second year, the teacher decided to involve the students actively in designing their course and planning activities which would meet their needs and reasons for wanting to speak English. The aim was to increase their motivation and overcome reticence by getting them to talk about what and how they wanted to learn. It was expected that both their con?dence and their ability to speak English would improve through more personal engagement with the course. The effectiveness of this approach was assessed using self-evaluation forms, classroom observations, and tests which showed signi?cant progress in the students’ speaking.

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